Building on the interest and the success generated by Hypervisibility I(Montreal, June 2006), Hypervisibility II will take place from June 25thto 27th at the University of Stirling (GB).

While maintaining a focus on the general theme of Hypervisibility I(representations of homosexualities in contemporary francophone featurefilms and television productions), we would like to broaden the field ofresearch to encompass other aspects of contemporary Francophone visualcultures (music videos, experimental videos, comic strips, advertisementsetc.).

We suggest the following list of themes for papers/sessions:- Analysis of specific films;- Examinations of the work of individual directors;- Queer narratives e.g. â€˜Coming outâ€™;- Families;- Bisexualities;- Transgender, transsexual and transvestite voices and images;- Homophobia, self-hatred;- Representation of AIDS / people with AIDS;- AIDS narratives;- Cross-dressing;- Homosexuality and popular cinema / genres;- Queer voices and images across ethnic, racial, cultural and classdifference;- Critical reception, censorship.

Abstracts on other relevant topics will also be considered.

Abstracts of 200-300 words, along with a brief biographical summary,should be sent to Cristina Johnston (cristina.johnston_at_stir.ac.uk) orFlorian Grandena (florian.grandena_at_uottawa.ca) in either French orEnglish by 1 December 2007.